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Sir Lenny Henry: Truth telling, support networks, and bad handwriting
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Oct 23, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Have you spoken to your parents and grandparents about their own life experiences? For Sir Lenny Henry, it’s been important to document his family’s stories. In this chat with Fearne, Lenny talks about his community’s culture of overcoming big life events as a collective, explains how his humour won him allies when he was being bullied, and thinks about what still needs to be done to tackle racism in the UK. You can catch episode one of Three Little Birds on ITVX now, and episode two will be on ITV on Sunday 29 October. Lenny’s latest children’s book, The Boy With Wings: Clash of the Superkids, is out now. CONTENT WARNING: This episode frankly discusses incidents of racism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Oct 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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